Description
The unique needs and attributes of gifted children extend beyond merely their accelerated cognitive development. They are divergent from average children in social and emotional arenas as well. Because they have special intellectual, emotional, imaginational, psycho-motor, and sensual energies that need to be understood, respected and sometimes redirected it is essential that school districts have a deep understanding of how these children operate beyond just meeting their intellectual needs.
In this course Dr. Juntune will guide you through the unique social and emotional world of a gifted child and demonstrate how schools, teachers and administrators can best serve these children and provide them with the whole person education that they have a right to.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies d, e, and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, and 5.5.
Presenter Bio
Dr. Joyce Juntune is a renowned consultant, trainer, professor, and lecturer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of education. She is an instructional associate professor at Texas A&M University, and she teaches graduate-level courses in her expert areas of intelligence, child and adolescent development, educational psychology, giftedness, and creativity. She has focused the majority of her career on the areas of intelligence and gifted and talented education. Dr. Juntune has served as the executive director for the National Association for Gifted Children and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University.
Daniela – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
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Amanda – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course offers very insightful information about gifted students’ emotions and needs.
Jacqueline – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Rosario – HUNTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
useful
Nancy – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Highly informative and great strategies that are do-able in our classrooms!
Samantha – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course
Ann – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
great information about gifted students
Jessica – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course filled with characteristics of a gifted student, what to look for in development, examples of different strategies to use with gifted students, The information with this course will help me with my future students.
EXIE – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It’s a very interesting course it helps you understand gifted children.
Zulma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Presented extremely well.